page_title: Dundrum, County Down
section_title: SS Great Britain
hierarchical_section_title: Dundrum, County Down / History / SS Great Britain
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Great Britain stranded ashore in Dundrum Bay, County Down, Ireland, 1846.
context_page_description: Dundrum is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is beside Dundrum Bay, about 4 miles outside Newcastle on the A2 road. The village is best known for its ruined Norman castle. It had a population of 1,555 people at the 2011 Census.
context_section_description: The SS Great Britain, one of the first iron ships and designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was on its way from Liverpool to New York in 1846, when it ran aground in Dundrum Bay during bad weather. The captain, James Hosken, miscalculated the steamer's speed, and with poor charts, mistook the St John's Point lighthouse for the Chicken Rock lighthouse. It took a year to re-float the ship but it continued in use for many years. It is now a visitor attraction in Bristol.
caption: SS Great Britain stranded ashore in Dundrum Bay, 1846
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